Freeman v. Perdue

Decision Date07 November 1991
Docket NumberNo. 91-1412,91-1412
Citation588 So.2d 671
PartiesDanny FREEMAN, Patty Freeman, et al., Appellants, v. Loretta PERDUE, et al., Appellees. 588 So.2d 671, 16 Fla. L. Week. D2812
CourtFlorida District Court of Appeals

Charlotte I. Hunter, Ocala, for appellants.

Mark D. Shelnutt, P.A., Ocala, for appellee Loretta Perdue.

COBB, Judge.

We dismiss this appeal based on a lack of jurisdiction. On or about April 25, 1991, the trial court rendered a non-final order denying a motion to dissolve an injunction. Fla.R.App.P. 9.130(a)(3)(B). On May 3, 1991, Freeman, et al. (hereinafter Freeman) filed a motion for rehearing specifically pursuant to Rule 1.530, Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, which deals in part with rehearings directed to "judgments." Finally, on May 23, 1991, the trial court denied Freeman's motion for rehearing and Freeman filed a notice of appeal on June 21, 1991.

It is well established that there is no provision in the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure for a motion for rehearing directed to an interlocutory order. Rule 1.530(a) and (b), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure, authorizes the filing of motions for rehearing on matters heard without a jury only to judgments rendered by the court and not to interlocutory orders. Wagner v. Bieley, Wagner & Associates, Inc., 263 So.2d 1 (Fla.1972); Gordon v. Barley, 383 So.2d 322 (Fla. 5th DCA 1980); Business Cards Tomorrow, Inc. v. Advisory Board, Inc., 379 So.2d 473 (Fla. 4th DCA 1980); Home News Publishing Company v. U-M Publishing, Inc., 246 So.2d 117 (Fla. 1st DCA 1971).

In the instant case, the notice of appeal was not timely. The order denying Freeman's motion to dissolve the injunction was clearly an interlocutory order and a motion for rehearing directed to such an order does not operate to toll the time for the filing of an interlocutory appeal.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

GRIFFIN and DIAMANTIS, JJ., concur.

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  • Deal v. Deal
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • April 6, 2001
    ...and does not toll the time for filing the notice of appeal. See Bennett v. Bennett, 645 So.2d 32 (Fla. 5th DCA 1994); Freeman v. Perdue, 588 So.2d 671 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991); see also Wagner; National Assurance Underwriters, Inc. v. Kelley, 702 So.2d 614 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997); Nationwide Ins. Co......
  • Adlow, Inc. v. Mauda, Inc., 92-2692
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • March 4, 1994
    ...toll the time for filing an interlocutory appeal. Blattman, 592 So.2d 269; Welch, 590 So.2d 1098 (citations omitted); Freeman v. Perdue, 588 So.2d 671 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991); Bell v. Geist, 531 So.2d 406 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988) (since the motion for rehearing was not authorized because the order w......
  • Bennett v. Bennett, 94-395
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • October 21, 1994
    ...days. Fla.R.App.P. 9.130(b). Motions for rehearing of non-final orders do not toll the time for taking an appeal. Freeman v. Perdue, 588 So.2d 671 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991). Because the notice of appeal was filed more than thirty days from the date the order appealed was entered, it is untimely. ......
1 books & journal articles
  • Jurisdiction is jurisdiction: a warning to litigators.
    • United States
    • Florida Bar Journal Vol. 81 No. 4, April 2007
    • April 1, 2007
    ...32 (Fla. 5th D.C.A. 1994) ("Motions for rehearing of [nonfinal] orders do not toll the time for taking an appeal."); Freeman v. Perdue, 588 So. 2d 671 (Fla. 5th D.C.A. 1991) (dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction where motion for rehearing was unauthorized and, therefore, did not toll ......

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